diff --git a/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/project-graph/build-dependencies/target-project-locator.ts b/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/project-graph/build-dependencies/target-project-locator.ts
index 78bb14febb..2a138f499c 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/project-graph/build-dependencies/target-project-locator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/plugins/js/project-graph/build-dependencies/target-project-locator.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ export class TargetProjectLocator {
     normalizedImportExpr: string,
     filePath: string
   ) {
-    return posix.relative(
+    return relative(
       workspaceRoot,
       require.resolve(normalizedImportExpr, {
         paths: [dirname(filePath)],